The U.S. Army has renewed BAE Systems‘ contract as the operator of the government-owned Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee. The company said Tuesday it will continue to modernize the facility into an advanced chemical processing site under a potential 10-year, $8.8 billion contract. The Holston Army plant, which manufactures high...
Pete Nelson, former vice president at Peraton, will join digital services and management consulting company MetroStar as chief growth officer, according to his LinkedIn announcement. During his over five years of stay at Peraton, Nelson handled various responsibilities as capture VP earlier and as capture and operations VP recently. He oversaw a pro...
Anne Guevara was elevated to the role of vice president of PM capabilities at BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm, where she previously served as senior director of program excellence, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. She joined the company in June 2019 and led enterprise project management functions to transform its development, pr...
The State Department has approved a potential $2.53 billion foreign military sale of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment to the government of Romania. The potential FMS deal includes 54 M1A2 System Enhancement Program version 3 vehicles, 54 M1A1 structures, four M88A2 Hercules combat recovery vehicles, four M1110 joint assault bridge...
John Avalos, chief growth officer at Arcfield since March, has been appointed chief operating officer at the Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered government and mission support services company. He will continue to manage growth and technology functions, provide operational oversight for the company’s three business sectors and help plan for futu...
Dan Sallet, formerly vice president of finance for the electronic systems sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been promoted to senior VP of finance, succeeding Guy Montminy, who is retiring from the company in 2024. Sallet will work as part of the BAE Systems Inc. senior leadership team and report directly to President and...
A BAE Systems business arm has secured a potential five-year, $319 million single-award contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to deliver Military Code-capable GPS receivers to the U.S. Army. BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration will provide Miniature-PLGR-Engine-M-code cards and incidental software updates under ...
Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business has received a potential 15-year, $486.9 million contract from NASA to build a sounder instrument for the space agency’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ball Aerospace & Technologies will provide spacecraft integration a...
BAE Systems was awarded a $797 million initial order to proceed with full-rate production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle for the U.S. Army. The service branch said Thursday the contract value could reach $1.6 billion if it exercises options to order additional units of the AMPV, which is designed to replace the M113 family of...
A new McAleese & Associates report shows that defense prime contractors posted a 7 percent to 9 percent rise in sales during the second quarter of 2022 and record-high backlogs as the Department of Defense accelerates contract awards. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the...
